Table 1: The cancer detection rate of DRE and TRUS relative to PSA range DRE: Digital Rectal Examination, TRUS: Transrectal Ultrasonography, PSA: Prostate-Specific Antigen, PCa: Prostate cancer.
| PSA range (ng/ml) | Abnormal Dre | Detection rate (%) | Abnormal Trus | Detection rate (%) | Abnormal Dre and trus | Detection rate (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Pca | n | Pca | n | Pca | ||||
| 0.0–1.0 | 73 | 11 | 15.1 | 85 | 12 | 14.1 | 55 | 9 | 16.4 |
| 1.1–2.0 | 69 | 13 | 18.8 | 68 | 14 | 20.6 | 37 | 11 | 29.3 |
| 2.1–3.0 | 38 | 8 | 21.1 | 34 | 8 | 23.5 | 22 | 5 | 22.7 |
| 3.1–4.0 | 46 | 11 | 23.9 | 44 | 11 | 25.0 | 30 | 7 | 23.3 |
| total | 226 | 43 | 19.0 | 231 | 45 | 19.5 | 144 | 32 | 22.2 |